VOL WEIGHTED TREND Trading Guide

Last updated: July 22, 2026

The Volume-Weighted Trend Strength is a quantitative technical analysis tool. Volume-Weighted Trend Strength (VWTS) Optimized to the Golden Standard - Eliminated massive property bloat by consolidating 12 internal fields into a strictly bounded `_meta` buffer.

What does the indicator show?

  • Market Structure & Momentum: Visualizes prevailing trend directions and key reversal zones.
  • BUY / SELL Signals: Highlights confirmed entry and exit opportunities based on quantitative rules.
  • Dynamic Boundaries: Provides adaptive levels for managing trade risk and reward expectations.

Key Settings

  • ATR Length (atrLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Dir Vol EMA Length (dirVolLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Volume Avg Length (volAvgLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Normalize EMA Len (normLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Normalize Factor (normFactor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Signal EMA Length (signalLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Quality EMA Length (qualityLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • No-Trend Threshold (noTrendThresh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Strong Threshold (strongThresh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Climax Vol Threshold (climaxThresh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Trend Confirm Bars (confirmBars): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Show Signal Line (showSignal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Show Quality Line (showQuality): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Show Climax Markers (showClimax): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Show Extra EMA (showExtraEma): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Extra EMA Length (extraEmaLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • VWTS (vwts): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Signal (signal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Extra EMA (extraEma): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Trend Quality (quality): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Vol Ratio (volRatio): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • VWTS Score (vwts): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Signal Line (signal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Extra EMA Line (extraEma): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Trend Quality (quality): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Is Bull Trend (isBullTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Is Bear Trend (isBearTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Is No Trend (isNoTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Is Strong Trend (isStrong): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Confirmed Bull (isConfirmedBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Confirmed Bear (isConfirmedBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Trend Flip Up (trendFlipUp): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Trend Flip Down (trendFlipDown): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Volume Climax Buy (climaxBuy): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Volume Climax Sell (climaxSell): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Bull Exhaustion (exhaustionBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Bear Exhaustion (exhaustionBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.

How to use Strategy Parameters (Condition Source)

Within the Strategy Tester module, this indicator can be used both as a direct signal source and as a market-state filter.

1. Signal Events

  • isBullTrend - Is Bull Trend event signal.
  • isBearTrend - Is Bear Trend event signal.
  • isNoTrend - Is No Trend event signal.
  • isStrong - Is Strong Trend event signal.
  • isConfirmedBull - Confirmed Bull event signal.
  • isConfirmedBear - Confirmed Bear event signal.
  • trendFlipUp - Trend Flip Up event signal.
  • trendFlipDown - Trend Flip Down event signal.
  • climaxBuy - Volume Climax Buy event signal.
  • climaxSell - Volume Climax Sell event signal.
  • exhaustionBull - Bull Exhaustion event signal.
  • exhaustionBear - Bear Exhaustion event signal.

2. Filters and Trade Levels

  • atrLen - ATR Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • dirVolLen - Dir Vol EMA Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • volAvgLen - Volume Avg Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • normLen - Normalize EMA Len value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • normFactor - Normalize Factor value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • signalLen - Signal EMA Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • qualityLen - Quality EMA Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • noTrendThresh - No-Trend Threshold value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • strongThresh - Strong Threshold value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • climaxThresh - Climax Vol Threshold value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • confirmBars - Trend Confirm Bars value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • showSignal - Show Signal Line value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • showQuality - Show Quality Line value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • showClimax - Show Climax Markers value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • showExtraEma - Show Extra EMA value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • extraEmaLen - Extra EMA Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • vwts - VWTS value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • signal - Signal value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • extraEma - Extra EMA value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • quality - Trend Quality value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • volRatio - Vol Ratio value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • vwts - VWTS Score value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • signal - Signal Line value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • extraEma - Extra EMA Line value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • quality - Trend Quality value used for structural qualification or thresholds.

Strategy Example: Enter Long when buySignal is true and trendFilter == 1, ensuring trades align with dominant momentum.

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